"Mistakes English speakers make
Inevitably, we all make mistakes when learning a foreign language, often because we try to make it more like the language(s) we already know. Among the mistakes I remember making are using un otro or una otra to say "another" (just otro or otra will do fine) and using possessive adjectives when referring to articles of clothing (such as mi sombrero instead of el sombrero). These mistakes are easy to make, but they're also avoidable. Learn what other mistakes learners make ."

"Montana voters approved Constitutional Initiative 96, a measure that defined marriage as being a union between a man and a woman. The initiative received nearly 295,000 votes in support, compared to 148,000 voters who opposed the measure -- a 2-1 margin.
Rep. Jeff Laszloffy (Laurel-R) sponsored CI-96. He told the Outlook that he was prompted to sponsor the Montana Marriage Initiative last spring when public officials in San Francisco and Massachusetts began performing gay marriages. "I knew it (gay marriage) would soon come to Montana too."

"Hello there,
For our spring break we took our son, my sister and her son camping in China Camp State Park. We left on Friday and was gone until Monday, having us out there over Easter. Now I am a Pagan, so the Easter Holiday does not mean to me what it does to many others, but to the two boys it ment easter eggs and easter baskets. We did boil the eggs and decorate them at our campsite, and the boys did hunt them the next morning in the little wooded area next to our campsite. As they were hunting a jack rabbit ran past them and the boys swear it was you know who."

"A TRIO OF WOODHENS was foraging for worms and insects among the leaf litter of Lord Howe Island's stately, native kentia palms. As I edged closer, I found that these rare birds were surprisingly unafraid. When I set my camera down, one boldly pecked at the lens.
More than two decades ago, the Lord Howe woodhen - a flightless bird found only on this two- by seven-mile scrap of land 391 miles east of Australia - nearly died out. But a pioneering conservation program launched by island residents in 1980 rescued the birds at the very last moment, raising their numbers from 17 to nearly 300."

"By chance, Lord Howe's treasures remained undiscovered by humans until February 17, 1788, when the "First Fleet" of convict ships passed by on its way from Britain to found the penal colony of Australia. There's no evidence that any people had ever occupied Lord Howe, or even seen the island, prior to that day. "Lord Howe is located in a funny part of the Pacific, down in the southwest corner," says David Steadman of the Florida Museum of Natural History, whose research into prehistoric birds and extinct species has led him nearly everywhere else in the Pacific, including Pohnpei, Yap and Palau."

"Five months ago tonight I proclaimed to the American people the
existence of a state of unlimited emergency.
Since then much has happened. Our Army and Navy are temporarily in
Iceland in the defense of the Western Hemisphere.
Hitler has attacked shipping in areas close to the Americas in the North
and South Atlantic.
Many American-owned merchant ships have been sunk on the high seas. One
American destroyer was attacked on September 4. Another destroyer was
attacked and hit on October 17. Eleven brave and loyal men of our Navy
were killed by the Nazis.
We have wished to avoid shooting. But the shooting has started."

"That was true again June 25, 2004, when some 70 sportsmen and women drove down a gravel road to its end at a former farm northwest of Little Falls. These conservationists -and nearly 10,000 more from all walks of life -had contributed to the Pheasants Forever-led "Build a Wildlife Area" campaign. On this day, many of the donors had been invited to see what they had bought for the state of Minnesota.
What they saw was simple yet elegant: a shallow marsh, thick stands of hardwoods, and the first blush of a restored prairie."

"On a day when Republicans posted net gains nationally, the state replaced retiring Republican Sen. Ben Nighthorse Campbell with Democrat Ken Salazar; and, in the 3rd District, Ken's brother, John Salazar, replaced departing Republican Rep. Scott McInnis.
Suddenly, Democratic Reps. Diana DeGette, of Denver, and Mark Udall, of Eldorado Springs, won't be so outnumbered at delegation luncheons.
And if recent history is any guide, President Bush could have a tougher time getting a majority of the Colorado lawmakers to sign off on his priorities, particularly those involving money."